COMPUTER ETHICS

PREGUNTAS
1) Describa la concepción de Moor de la ética de los computadores o ética computacional
(computer ethics), y explique cómo surge y se resuelve un problema típico en ética
computacional. (5 ptos.)

Computer ethics is the investigation of the nature and social effect of computer innovation and
the comparing definition and legitimization of approaches for the moral utilize of such
innovation. Moor utilizes the express “computer technology” since he takes the subject matter
of the field broadly to incorporate computers and related innovation.

Information access tools have a crucial place in information societies. They influence and
transform the way people live and also the way societal customs are realized. There are both
pessimists and optimists regarding this transformation. There are those who accept that there is
a corresponding relationship between technology and society leading to the assumption that
technology might be used for either positive or negative purposes. Privacy is one of the most
common issues related to computer ethics since hack attacks are becoming more frequent. The
way the problem is proposed leads to think that there is a security problem with the
technological devices; either if they are vulnerable or not, hackers manage to find how to break
into someone's computer. The most evident solution regarding privacy problems may be the
use of advanced ciphering methods. People tend to believe that databases containing special
information should be accessed through advanced passwords. In addition, even the storage of
these data should be realized through advanced ciphering. They also maintained that only a
few authorized people or managers should access to storage of these databases.

2) Exponga los principios fundamentales de la ética de la información (information ethics) de L.

Floridi. (5 ptos.)
L. Floridi presents the 4 fundamental principles of information ethics:
• Entropy ought not to be caused in the infosphere (null law).
• Entropy ought to be prevented in the infosphere.
• Entropy ought to be removed from the infosphere.
• The flourishing of informational entities as well as the whole infosphere ought to be promoted by
preserving, cultivating, and enriching their properties.